Sandbag pendulum test passed
Testing, testing and more testing. That is what we do with our wall systems and doors!
With a sandbag pendulum test set-up at our location, we tested a glass wall of 3100 mm and even a wall up to 3600 mm high. This type of glass wall is intended for placement on a wide rim and protects people from falling down. The wall construction and the glass must be strong enough to withstand considerable impact. The through fall safety of this wall is tested with a sandbag pendulum test.
The wall easily withstood the impact of the sandbag. This is good news for your project! We see great uses of these higher iQ PROTECT Safe through fall walls on wide rims in modern offices.
Youtube: https://youtu.be/XxAjrgf3OsQ
QbiQ Wall Systems: transparent, innovative and sustainable
Thinking along with the architect, participating in the construction team: that is our second nature. More and more architects know how to find QbiQ in the design phase. What’s in it for them? Aesthetic design, innovative solutions and sustainable custom work. Read about QbiQ and completed projects like: Tapijn Maastricht University, OMA Rotterdam and The Flow Houthavens here.
Circular building is the future
Circular building is the future. Literally, because by 2050 the Dutch government wants the building economy to be fully circular. The transition to a circular economy will support city leaders in achieving their priorities, including housing, working environment, mobility and economic development. The way of dealing with urban development that is currently taken for granted will have to reinvent itself in the circular city. There is a challenge for parties and networks to tempt and stimulate each other to exchange linear thinking for a more circular approach. How does an interest group of and for entrepreneurs in the new economy view this challenge? How do parties involved in construction projects such as the redevelopment of the VDMA site in Eindhoven and the development of HAUT in the Amstelkwartier deal with this new dynamic?
Watch the webinar of the Cradle to Cradle Café of 20 October here.
The Cradle to Cradle Café is an initiative that arose in 2009 from a joint venture between the companies Koninklijke Ahrend, Tarkett, Koninklijke Mosa and QbiQ. These companies develop and produce their products in accordance with the Cradle to Cradle principle.
Van Pelt architects initiates and designs the palaver box
The Palaverbox is the solution for at-risk groups and their loved ones who want to meet up close without physical contact. The Palaverbox is compact, flexible and unique; it fits into any environment. A transparent volume with separate entrances, two areas that can be entered separately through a glass wall. Being together without physical contact. The Palaverbox is multifunctional, because it can also be used as a teahouse, for example, with the glass partition removed.
The first Palaverbox is now being realised by QbiQ and will soon be installed at care facility De Engelenberg in Brummen. Do you also see the advantages and possibilities for the Palaverbox in your organisation or for another purpose? Please contact Marianne van der Sande tel: 088-5010543 or e-mail: marianne@qbiq.nl
Design from Van Pelt architecten.
We are Cradle to Cradle Silver certified
QbiQ Wall Systems was the first European manufacturer of system walls and glass solutions to be awarded the Cradle to Cradle Silver certificate. The C2C Silver certificate applies to all its closed and transparent wall systems, in any desired RAL colour. In close cooperation with AGC Glass, next-generation, transparent wall concepts will be fitted with a clear glass type which, thanks to innovative sound-insulating films, performs significantly better than C2C Silver walls in which, until now, only toughened glass has been used.
First project is a fact.
QbiQ is pleased to announce that in the renovated office in The Hague of BDO Accountants & Advisors, all partition walls will be executed in accordance with the certificate. BDO attaches great value to working with responsible products. The Cradle to Cradle Silver certified QbiQ wall concepts with C2C Silver certified, high quality AGC glass fulfil the wishes of this company perfectly.
Would you like to know more?
Please contact us at info@qbiq.nl
Nice publication about PULSE in PI Project en Interieur
At the end of November, Project en Interieur published a nice article about the PULSE building.
The interfaculty building PULSE stands for ‘Practise, Unite, Learn, Share & Explore’ and is part of
the ‘Learning Environment’ of Delft University of Technology.
Laurence van Benthem of Ector Hoogstad Architecten said the following about this special project: “Daylight penetrates everywhere in the new PULSE building; sometimes very directly, sometimes dosed and filtered through the beautiful satinised Qbiq glass walls. Read more about this innovative project here and view the photo album.
The complete publication about PULSE with interesting perspectives on the realisation of this building can be viewed here.
Photo: Studio Hans Morren
The winners of the Architectenweb Awards are known!
QbiQ Wall Systems supports the initiative of Architectenweb of handing out the annual Architectenweb Awards. The ceremony took place on 31 October in Broeinest Amsterdam. Curious about the winners?
At QbiQ we develop projects together with and for architects. As a partner we gladly support the Architectenweb Awards. It was a festive and inspiring night. We congratulate the proud winners:
Architect of the Year 2019
Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architecten
Residential building of the Year 2019
Intense low-rise building Spijkerkwartier – Atelier Kempe Thill
Office building of the Year 2019
Triodos Bank Nederland – RAU
Care facility of the Year 2019
Care Hotel Domstate – Diederendirrix Architectuur & Stedenbouw and Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe
Interior of the Year 2019
Interior Museum De Lakenhal – Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architecten
Public building of the Year 2019
Restoration and extension Museum De Lakenhal – Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architecten and Julian Harrap Architects
School building of the Year 2019
Atlas – Team V Architectuur
We are secretly extra proud of this winner because of our successful collaboration. Via the well-thought-out use of our transparent and also closed system walls in the design, daylight is brought inside through the revolutionary façade to deep into the educational building.
According to the jury, not only did Team V create a truly 21st century design of the educational building with the total renewal of the Atlas building at the campus of TU Eindhoven, but the strength of the existing building was also emphasised. The result isn’t a compromise, but a win-win situation that begins with a totally renewed glass façade where the structure of the old façade can still be subtly seen. View our Atlas case here.
QbiQ joins Indutrade Benelux
QbiQ Group B.V. has joined the Indutrade Benelux business group. On 26 April 2019, Kim Zandbergen (Managing Director QbiQ Group) and Robert Timmer (CEO Indutrade Benelux) signed the official agreement. QbiQ Group is comprised of various companies that specialise in movable wall systems, glass fronts, fire-resistant fronts and steel profile frames and includes QbiQ B.V. in Alphen aan den Rijn and Plooijer Zaandam B.V.
Sustainable wall concepts
The companies within the QbiQ Group design, develop and produce both fire-resistant and sound insulating wall concepts in which minimalistic and transparent wall solutions perfectly combine with contemporary architectural requirements and needs. In this, we focus on sustainability and circular production. The engineering of the wall systems is such that the manufacture efficiently handles the use of raw materials. What’s more, the QbiQ wall concepts are Cradle to Cradle certified.
The QbiQ Group targets both the new construction and renovation markets. The firm closely collaborates with a network of architects. The QbiQ Group has approximately 80 employees and a net turnover of roughly EUR 30 million.
About Indutrade
The Indutrade Benelux holding company has companies of the listed Swedish firm Indutrade AB that are established in the Benelux. Indutrade focuses on high-quality technologies for niche industrial applications. The affiliated firms introduce technological components and systems on the market and provide services.
Indutrade has the goal of growing with companies that focus on technological expertise, customer orientation and local infrastructure. The de-centralised structure forms the heart of company culture and strategy. This means that the affiliated firms keep their identity and autonomy. This freedom is the basis of the entrepreneurial spirit that flourishes within the company.
The Indutrade Benelux holding company offers support in the areas of industrial know-how, finance, development and management. The subsidiaries profit from the benchmarking and the informal exchange of experiences and expertise.
Unilever construction team visits QbiQ
At the end of last week, almost the entire construction team of the Global Foods Innovation Centre project for Unilever in Wageningen gathered at QbiQ in Alphen aan de Rhijn.
After Casper Landewers explained the various QbiQ wall systems, the group witnessed our production process at the factory with great interest. Kim Zandbergen was able to give a detailed explanation of the exact precision with which the glass is cut and how the CNC machine can still take another “bite” out of it.
Patrick Levie was glad to see that the first framed doors and glass walls had already arrived and were ready to be transported to Wageningen. There, they will be assembled in phase 1 according to the mock-up. Naturally, this will be carried out in close consultation and according to the planning of Dura Vermeer. We said our farewells after lunch and left in high spirits.
QbiQ is looking forward to a pleasant collaboration with all parties. We will be sure to keep you informed on the progress of this sustainable and special project that has already been presented with BREAAM awards on two occasions. From four different locations, Unilever will move into their new, centralised accommodation in multiple phases and in the fall of 2019, approximately 550 employees will be working at the Global Food Innovation Centre.
Mock-up for Global Foods Innovation Centre delivered
In Wageningen the QbiQ mock-up for Unilever’s Global Foods Innovation Centre has been delivered. QbiQ has supplied all the prefab walls for this unique project.
Earlier this week the project was awarded no less than 2 BREEAM Awards: the Global Design Award in the category Commercial Projects and the Your BREAAM Award, the audience award. The project was selected for among others its inspiring work stations and its welcoming look and feel. We would like to congratulate the Unilever Foods Innovation Centre partners: DuraVermeer, Paul de Ruiter Architects, Fokkema+Partners, DGMR and all the others.
In the coming months we will work on the realisation of this unique project in close cooperation with the construction team. Follow us to witness how this project is being turned into a beautiful business premises! Did we arouse your curiosity? View the video and pictures of Unilever’s Global Foods Innovation Centre project below:
